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Iowa State Seal

The Great Seal of the State of Iowa   Adopted: February 25, 1847
Iowa state seal
Iowa State Seal
The Great Seal of the State of Iowa

The Great Seal of the state of Iowa was made official by Iowa's first state legislature in 1847.

The eagle and the scroll with the state's motto are also used on Iowa's flag. The motto reads "Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain."

In the middle of the seal, a soldier stands in a field of wheat, holding an American flag. A cultivator rests in the field behind him, smoke trails from the chimney of a small cabin, and a ship steams through the water in the background.


Sources...

"2013 Iowa Code." The Iowa Legislature. The Iowa Legislature, n.d. Web. 6 Apr 2013. <http://search.legis.state.ia.us/nxt/gateway.dll/ic?f=templates&fn=default.htm>.
Shankle, George Earlie. State Names, Flags, Seals, Songs, Birds, Flowers, and Other Symbols. Irvine, Calif.: Reprint Services Corp, Revised edition, 1971.
Shearer, Benjamin F. and Barbara S. State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols: A Historical Guide Third Edition, Revised and Expanded. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 3 Sub edition, 2001.


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